Al Stewart – Charlotte Corday (Guitar)
Capo 3
Key
-
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Chords
[Intro]
G D C (x4)
[Verse 1]
G D C G D C If you hear a step upon your stair tonight G D C G D C If you see a shadow in the candle light D G C It's only your imagination leading you astray D Em See her for a moment then she'll slip away C G D C The ghost of Charlotte Corday
[Riff]
G D C
[Verse 2]
G D C G D C She wanders down the hallway in a long black dress G D C G D C And lingers by the fireplace like a faint caress D G C Just what it is that brings her here no man alive can say D Em See her for a moment then she melts away C G D C The ghost of Charlotte Corday
[Riff]
G D C
[Bridge]
Eb F Stars in the window like a panoply Eb F Covering everything, river of night Eb F Stars in the window See them shining Cm F For anyone else, anyone else
[Instrumental]
G D C (x6)
C G Am G F
[Bridge]
Eb F Stars in the window like a panoply Eb F Covering everything, river of night Eb F Stars in the window See them shining Cm F For anyone else, anyone else
[Verse 3]
G D C G D C The clock ticks in the dark and now the night is still G D C G D C The air is like a murmur on the window sill D G C All at once there's someone there that only you can see D Em Seeking the forgiveness that will set her free C G The wind has taken away C G The words she wanted to say C G The sky now turning to gray C G The dawn is turning away C N.C. G D C The ghost of Charlotte Corday.
[Outro]
G D C
G D C
G